always been you- outer banks jiara fanfic // EDITED

poguelandia. 7

kiara pov:

after being in the water for a while, sarah and cleo get out. i follow them out and scrunch the water out of my hair. "i saw, you and jayj, flirting around before" sarah says. "yeah, i saw it too" cleo says. "i was scared of the crabs so he threw me in the water" i say, laughing. i look up at jj, who's still swimming around with john b and pope. "why do we always have to talk about me? cleo, what about you and pope?" i say, looking at cleo. she looks down and shrugs her shoulders. "i've never had real love before" she starts. "there was one guy. he taught me how to survive out on the streets. he was great. i fell for him... only to find out he was just using me and stealing from me. after that, i never tried love again. i never trusted anyone with my heart again" she shrugs. "you wanna protect your heart" i say, grabbing my pants. "i get it" i say. "but pope... he's different. he would never do that" sarah says. i nod as i put my pants back on, sarah and cleo do the same. "i know" cleo says. "i was with pope... in the past. not for long though... i kind of played with his feelings a little. which was wrong, and i know that now. if i could go back i would. but we were together for a few days... it didn't work out, and now, i think pope is the same as you. tried love once and it didn't work, so now he's scared to get hurt again" i say. cleo nods. "i think you two would be a good fit" sarah says. "same with you and jj" she says, pointing at me. i look at jj, and this time he's looking back. he holds the eye contact until john b splashes him and he goes to splash him back. the three of us girls walk further up the sand and sit on the seats that we made when we first got here. "do you think we'll ever get off of this island?" cleo asks. "hopefully. it's nice and peaceful, but i don't wanna be here forever" i say. "yeah" sarah says. i look at the boys in the water and think about what jj said. he said he didn't want to leave here. i think it's because he's worried, about what going back to obx will bring. he's got nothing, no parents, no job, no money, nothing. i think he's scared of being alone. if we go back, we all have things. john b has sarah and sarah has john b... they lost everything except each other, jj has them too but he doesn't like to third wheel. i have a home and a family, so does pope... but cleo doesn't have anything either. i wonder if she's worried about ever leaving here too... i wonder what she'll do. jj gets out the water and walks towards us. i stare at his chest as he comes closer, it's a good view... it's hard not to. john b and pope follow him. "i'm hungry as shit man, pope, cleo, did you actually catch anything?" he says. they shake their heads. i sigh and roll my eyes. i stand up and grab the spear. "we've got this" i say, gently slapping jj with my hand and walking towards the rocky bit of the water where we spearfished last time. jj grabs the other spear and jogs down the sand to catch up with me. "okay.." i breathe out. i look in the water for a fish but i can't see any. "i can't see any" jj says. "neither" i say. we both stand still, looking at the water for around 10 minutes i think, until i spot one. "jayj!" i say, pointing at the water. "it's yours" i say. he nods and slowly steps forwards. he stabs the stick through the fish. he lifts it up in the air. "told you we had it" i say. he smiles. we walk back to the others with the fish. "yes!" john b calls. "i'm starving!" sarah says. i take the stick from jj and put the push over the fire. it was already lit when we got up here, i'm guessing they lit it ready.

pope pov:

"ayyyy!" cleo shouts when kiara and jj walk back up to us, with a fish. "i think jayj and ki should just stick with spear fishing" i say. they laugh. "yeah, i agree, you guys are professionals at it" john b says. kiara moves her arms towards jj, "all him" she laughs. he pulls a face, "not all me" he says. ki shrugs her shoulders. "you taught me". he tilts his head and pulls a "fair enough" expression as ki sits down next to john b. jj sits on the sand opposite her. "ok, ki, your turn!" cleo says, as john b puts the hat on ki's head. "truth or dare?" sarah says. ki rolls her eyes. "truth". "if you could go to your parents house, on figure eight, this instant, would you do it?" john b says. "ooh" sarah says, pointing at ki. jj turns and looks at ki, but she doesn't look back. i don't think she realises he's looking. "no chance" kiara says, shaking her head. jj smiles. "it's a no chance!" jj laughs. "the shower's tempting though" she says. "she needs a fat shower right now" john b says. "jj! truth or dare?" ki says, throwing the hat at jj. he puts it on his head. "i mean, do you even need to ask?". kiara points at the big mountain above the water on the other beach. "big jump, nobody's done it yet... dare" she says, turning her point to jj. he nods and stands up. "really?" sarah says. "you're actually gonna do it?". "uhh yeah! not gonna back down from a dare from kiara am i!?" jj says, walking towards the other beach. we all stand up and walk further down. we wait as jj walks up the cliff. "there he is!" john b shouts. we all look up at jj who's walking towards the edge. "oh my god" i say. "he's not gonna do it!" cleo shouts. "oh i won't?!" jj shouts. "he's gonna do it" kiara says. "no way" john b says. "ready!?" jj shouts. we all cheer and call his name as he runs and jumps off the edge of the cliff into the water. we all cheer when he jumps off and me and john b throw our shirts off and run towards the water. jj swims up and me and john b run towards him. we hug him, then sarah and cleo follow us. they both hug jj and then kiara comes over after spinning the fish round above the fire. "i can't believe you actually did it!" she says as she runs towards jj. he stands with open arms until she gets to him, then she hugs him and he spins her round. "you did it!" she says. "i told you i would!" he says, putting her down. "i thought you were gonna die!" i say. "i thought i was gonna die!" jj says. we all laugh and walk back up. "okay, cleo, truth or dare?" jj says, handing cleo the hat. "truth" she says. "if you could leave this island right now, but you'd have to leave us behind, would you do it?" jj says. cleo shakes her head. "nah". "you wouldn't?" i say. "of course not" she says. she hands sarah the hat. "truth" she says. "oh my god, why is nobody picking dare!?" jj moans. "if you could do it all again, what would you do different?" cleo says. "that's such a good one!" kiara says. "get the gold before ward did" jj says. "hide the cross a little better" i say. "not, yell murderer at ward" kiara says. "i would look both ways, before crossing the street" cleo says, looking at john b. we all laugh. "yeah, my bad" john b says. "steal a few bottles of rum, before we jumped off the boat" john b says. "why didn't you do that actually?" jj says. "i don't know.. maybe because i was in a fight to the death" john b says and we all laugh. "not, check the back of the truck before trying to steal it from rafe" sarah says. "we told you not to do that!" john b says. "we did tell you not to go inside" i say. "yeahhhh i know" sarah says. "pope, truth or dare?" sarah says, throwing the hat at me. "truth" i say. "what part of obx do you miss the most?" sarah asks me. "my parents" i say. "what about you john b?" i say, throwing the hat at him. "what part of obx do you miss the most?". "hmmm" john b says, putting the hat on his head. "the chateau". "ahhh the chateau!" kiara says. "what's a chateau?" cleo says. "john b's house. we call it the chateau" sarah says. "oh" cleo says. "your turn again ki, truth or dare?" john b says, putting the hat on her head. "we'll since, jj" she says, pointing at him, "keeps complaining that nobody's picking dare... i pick dare" she says. "really?" sarah says. kiara has never picked dare before, like ever. john b smirks. he points at the cliff that jj just jumped off. "no" she says. "can't back out of a dare ki" john b says. she sighs. "i'm gonna get you back for this" she says, standing up. "if i can do it you can" jj says. she chuckles, "not so sure about that".